What was going on?
A ghost?
As a native Chinese, the moment Rorschach saw this bizarre phenomenon, his scalp went numb. A thought involuntarily flashed through his mind.
How could a living person have no shadow?
Was this some kind of joke?
Wait!
No!
But in the next instant, another name flashed through Rorschach's mind: vampires!
He seemed to remember that in Western legends, vampires were creatures without shadows. They also did not appear in mirrors.
Because shadows and reflections were symbols of the soul, while vampires were beings without souls!
Could the person beside him be a vampire?
Thinking of the man's distinctly classical appearance, Rorschach felt that the latter guess was more plausible.
Whew!
Rorschach secretly let out a sigh of relief. As long as he was a vampire, it was fine!
Though vampires were terrifying—even supernatural—to ordinary people, they were nothing in front of Rorschach.
Even without using a devastating weapon like heat vision, he could crush a vampire to death with his overwhelming physical strength alone.
But...
Vampires were afraid of sunlight, yet it was broad daylight. What was with this vampire beside him?
He was not afraid of sunlight?
He seemed to be no ordinary vampire!
After sorting through what he knew about vampires and considering the Marvel setting, Rorschach could think of only one vampire this formidable: Dracula.
Could the man beside him be Dracula?
Was that why he had appeared here—because Dracula's Ring was here?
And the system had just verified for Rorschach that the ring was actually a Special Energy Source. That meant it was very likely that the ring truly belonged to Dracula.
Taking all those clues together, Rorschach felt there was a very, very high chance that the man beside him was Dracula.
In fact, Rorschach had guessed correctly. The